vbGORE (open source)

[Tami]

vbGORE is a powerful open source and free mmorpg maker / engine in development that concentrates on optimization and orpg engine features. With the help of vbGORE's fast networking and powerful graphics engine and some (although not required) knowledge in game programming in visual basic, you can create the game of your dreams without paying for a ton of bandwidth and a powerful server to support your vb game.

vbGORE is much more powerful then many of your typical VB (Visual Basic) made ORPGs (Online RPG) / OREs (Online RPG Engine). With the power of the DirectX 8, you are open to all the 3D effects you could want in a 2D RPG engine by putting in 3d rpg engine abilities from alpha-blending and rotations to scaling and lighting. With the 6 tile layers, flexible particle engine and 24 lights per tile, you are able to create a world the way you want it to look. Also, with the optimized binary packet sending and a Winsock API wrapper, you can support tens of thousands of players with less bandwidth then any other VB ORPG engine.